Ranking the 18 Greatest Hole-in-One Videos on YouTube

While there are many special shots a golfer can hit tee-to-green, one stands out from the others: a hole-in-one.

If you're reading this and haven't experienced such a shot, don't feel too bad. Oddsmakers have officially calculated that the average golfer has a one-in-12,500 chance of notching a hole-in-one on his or her scorecard.

At 2,500-to-1, professional golfers have slightly better odds of actually vindicating the crazed fan in the gallery who yells "Get in the hole!" after every shot.

Now, before the age of YouTube and Al Gore's Internet, this was an event that most golfers only knew of via video replays and hearsay, but nowadays, it's possible to see these moments over and over again, even in slow-motion.

Without further ado, we're going to take a look at the top 18 hole-in-one videos on the web today, one for every hole on the links. In case you were wondering, the late Kim Jong-Il's "reported" 11 holes-in-one aren't on this list.

16) Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson has made multiple holes-in-one in his PGA career, but his most memorable may have come at the 2008 Barclays Scottish Open.

On the second day of the European Tour event, Lefty was battling to make the cut, which was projected to be made at two under par. Stepping into the tee box of the par-three fifth hole at even-par, Mickelson's hole-in-one helped him over the cut line, where he would stay for the remainder of the day.

15) Alvaro Quiros

Alvaro Quiros is known for his no-holds-barred, emotional play on the course, as well as his ability to truly bomb the ball.

He was the longest driver on the European Tour in 2006, 2007 and 2008, and perennially ranks among the game's greats off the tee.

At the 2011 Dubai Desert Classic, though, it was his iron play that propelled him to victory. The Spaniard hit a momentous hole-in-one on the 161-yard 11th, giving him a lead that he would not relinquish for the rest of the day.

When the sand settled, Quiros took home the Dubai trophy by just one shot.

9) Fuzzy Zoeller

Fuzzy Zoeller is widely known on the PGA circuit as quite the jokester, and while he currently moonlights as a commentator for a few events per year, his greatest achievements came on the course.

Zoeller won ten Tour events in his career, including victories at the Masters and the U.S. Open.

In this particular video, Fuzzy sunk a ridiculous hole-in-one on a 173-yard par-three, in which the ball seemingly sat in the rough for a good ten seconds before an act of God guided it directly into the cup.

The shot occurred at the 2006 Allianz Championship, a Senior Tour event, proving that even at his age, the man can still ball with the best of 'em.

8) Rahil Gangjee

Rahil Gangjee, a professional golfer from India, has had moderate success on the Asian Tour. The golfer has one career victory under his belt, the 2004 Volkswagen Masters in China.

Gangjee lost his Tour card in 2009 before gaining it back two years later, this time on the Nationwide circuit.

In the 2011 Mylan Classic, the 33-year-old rookie pulled off one of the rarest feats in golf: a hole-in-one on a par-four.

Also known as an "albatross," Gangjee went driver on the 318-yard hole. Typically, albatrosses are made when a golfer holes out on his or her second shot from the fairway on a par-five, making this video truly an impressive site to behold.

7) Miguel Angel Jiménez

It's not often that a golfer dunks any shot straight in the cup, let alone for a hole-in-one. Miguel Angel Jiménez, who is known as "the Mechanic" for his penchant for sports cars, hit two such shots in 2008, but this one, from that year's Dubai Desert Classic, was the most memorable.

Now, many viewers may make the case for Gangjee's shot to be switched with this on our list, but Jiménez's shot is so special because it provides a perfect definition of the term "pin-seeker."

3) Leif Olson

If Leif Olson ever gets tired of playing on the PGA Tour, he may want to try his hand at professional pool.

In the 2009 RBC Canadian Open, the Duke University graduate hit the shot of a lifetime, landing his ball past the hole with adequate backspin before deflecting off of playing-partner Kris Blanks's ball.

As the announcer says, Olson "calls a combination" off Blanks's ball, earning his first professional hole-in-one.